‘We don’t bring children into the world to be brutally killed by gangsters’

WATCH ABOVE: Eileen Mohan speaks to Aaron McArhtur on BC1.

VANCOUVER – Chris Mohan was 22 years old when he was shot execution-style in a Surrey apartment on Oct. 19, 2007.

He lived in the apartment building and was an innocent victim in what has become known as the ‘Surrey Six’ slayings.

On Thursday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge found Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston each guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and six counts of first-degree murder.

WATCH: A look back at the seven year investigation and trial process that preceded Thursday’s verdict. John Daly reports.

Along with Chris, innocent bystander Ed Schellenberg was also killed that day as well as drug dealer Corey Lal, his brother Michael, associates Eddie Narong and Ryan Bartolomeo.

Eileen Mohan, Chris’ mom, who has attended almost every day of the trial, joined Aaron McArthur on Bc1’s Prime Thursday night.

“It’s a beautiful day Aaron,” she said. “And the sun shone. Chris was smiling down, and I’ve been waiting for this day for seven years and I’m telling you, my shoulders feel a little bit lighter today and I’m going to sleep well tonight.”

“We as a family were a real good unit, and my son was a very loyal son, very loving, him and I had such a great bond and when I lost Christopher I lost almost half of me,” she added. “And it really destroyed my perception about life,  at times I really hated this world, but then I picked myself up and became Christopher’s voice because they stole him away from me.”

“And I have to tell you, I’m a real loyal mom to my son because he was a real loyal son to me and this is what parents do to their loved ones. We don’t bring children into the world to be brutally killed by gangsters who think they can take his life and walk the streets again.”

Eileen said Chris was not simply ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’.

“I challenge this to the RCMP and what I got a response from them was ‘at that time when this massacre took place, they just didn’t know how to describe it’,” she said.

“Because we lived together, Christopher and I were a unit,” added Eileen, “so I took my son to the wrong apartment and we were there at the wrong time?”

Alleged former Red Scorpions leader Jamie Bacon has yet to face trial for conspiracy and one count of first-degree murder in relation to the deaths.

Another man, Sophon Sek, is awaiting a separate trial for manslaughter.

– With files from The Canadian Press